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Thread: 2022-10-04 Update (Thank You Email clarification) |
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Link64
Senior Cruncher Joined: Feb 19, 2021 Post Count: 206 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Nobody crunches biology projects on BOINC solely for credits, because pretty much all of them have an abysmal credits/work ratio. That was also the case on SETI after introduction of CreditNew. I got there for Multibeam-WUs just about 17000 credits more per CPU-year than for MCM, so nearly no difference. Without the optimized application, it would have been even less than for MCM. Astropulse was paying more, but trying to get them was like trying to get HST here. So no, I don't see any huge difference between SETI and WCG in this regard. Project rankings are not affected by what credits other projects pay anyway.  [Edit 2 times, last edit by Link64 at Oct 16, 2022 3:47:18 PM] |
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TPCBF
Master Cruncher USA Joined: Jan 2, 2011 Post Count: 2173 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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those that used to complain most about their computers being idle, used modified clients to bypass server limits and bunker two months worth of work and crunched all of it just for credits, That's a nice theory, and may even be true in case of SETI, but it's completely wrong for WCG. Nobody crunches biology projects on BOINC solely for credits, because pretty much all of them have an abysmal credits/work ratio. You can get 10x more credits for the same CPU time by crunching astronomy or math projects. I won't name any one. but just check the RAC stats for WCG for example at BOINCstats and check the forum for post complaining that their "server farm" is running idle or they mention that they not turning them on because it would be worth their time and resources... Or tthose that are hunting GPU WUs and modify their client setting so they get as many of them as they can. Ralf |
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jnewman67
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Just to be transparent, I had issues trying to get Science United to process (and some digging on their forums seemed to indicate they may have similar workload issues), so i'm trying Rosetta this time around. I also thought I'd offer these instructions on how I cleaned up BOINC to make it easier to manage:
Preface: this worked on my machine - your mileage may vary. I found it difficult to get BOINC to focus solely on a new project, so I did this to give it no other options... to reset your BOINC Manager back to having no projects to process (Windows 10): 1. If you have previously opted into using Science United as a project manager, open BOINC Manager, and under Tools, choose Stop using Science United to remove it 2. exit BOINC Manager and make sure the BOINC client is not running 3. go to C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects and remove/zip any project-named subfolders 4. go to C:\ProgramData\BOINC and create a folder called "backups" 5. for each project, find the following files and move them into the backups folder: account_[project_name_here].xml master_[project_name_here].xml sched_reply_[project_name_here].xml sched_request_[project_name_here].xml statistics_[project_name_here].xml 6. open the BOINC Manager, let it sit a second, and it'll indicate no projects are currently available. 7. add the BOINC project you wish to participate in, and start processing. |
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Link64
Senior Cruncher Joined: Feb 19, 2021 Post Count: 206 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I found it difficult to get BOINC to focus solely on a new project, so I did this to give it no other options... Setting "No New Tasks" for the other projects would have had the same result and returning to them would be just one click away. |
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TPCBF
Master Cruncher USA Joined: Jan 2, 2011 Post Count: 2173 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I found it difficult to get BOINC to focus solely on a new project, so I did this to give it no other options... Setting "No New Tasks" for the other projects would have had the same result and returning to them would be just one click away. Ralf |
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